by Reality of Aid | Aug 13, 2021 | Development Cooperation, International Finance Institutions, News, RoA Asia Pacific
While ADB is taking steps in leaving its dirty energy legacy behind, its Draft Energy Policy seems to lack the steadfast commitment to forward a low-carbon and climate resilient future for the region. As the region’s most vulnerable sectors face the brunt of the...
by Reality of Aid | Aug 10, 2021 | Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, News, ODA, RoA Asia Pacific
For the past year, the Asia Pacific region witnessed its vulnerability to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and fragility, and the climate emergency. The global pandemic has exacerbated systemic inequalities in the region, which calls for an urgent effort...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 23, 2021 | Development Cooperation, International Finance Institutions, News, RoA Asia Pacific
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the major contributors of development finance in Asia Pacific. This places ADB in a powerful position to influence development policies and practices of countries in the region. Its status as the leading development investor,...
by Reality of Aid | Apr 15, 2021 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, Highlights, International Finance Institutions, News, News, ODA, OECD-DAC
The recently published preliminary ODA data of 2020 show that aid spending by DAC members totaled 161.2 billion USD which constitutes a 3.5% increase in real terms.[1] But while this increase is a welcome development, it is by all measures marginal compared to the...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 31, 2021 | Blogs, Development Cooperation, Development Effectiveness, News, ODA, Reality Check, RoA Europe
By Kristina Lanz, Alliance Sud Rarely has a popular initiative caused the kind of furore triggered by the Responsible Business Initiative (RBI). For months or even years ahead of the vote, it regularly made headlines and had a very high public profile thanks to the...
by Reality of Aid | Mar 31, 2021 | Agenda 2030, Development Cooperation, Events and Meetings, News, RoA Asia Pacific, United Nations
Last March 23 to 26, the 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) was held virtually by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). The forum serves to bring together representatives from multilateral...
